“The Federal government spent $2.9 trillion in 2008, but $3.7 trillion in 2012. That’s an increase of over $800 billion per year.”
Does not compute... If those are the actual numbers, that’s an increase of $200 billion per year...
That is 2.9T in a single year vs 3.7T in single year expendatures. the comparison is from the end of the bush years to the end of obamas first term, not per year.